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@Veldo
I'm not sure I really understood the question. But only random maps can be recorded, if you are looking to make a trailer, most people used Fraps or other similar sites.

I have to laugh. I can't believe that page with Daedra got so many responses. Sorry to spam here, but Yeeb closed off the thread before I could have my final say. Again, I posted more for humor than out of actual anger. When I found that kid giving the finger picture, I just couldn't stop myself.

@Daedra: I apologize for the humor at your expense and I do respect you for sticking through it and staying. Seniority (whether account sign up-based or birth-based) isn't an excuse to abuse people and I don't exempt myself from this. You are on the best game forum here at Heavengames where you will find answers, inspiration and opportunity to do great things, so I hope you stay and see how we truly are here at S & D*

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* this is in no way an endorsement of the treatment you will get at any other site here at Heavengames^tm - especially OD.

@Elrich: I've just found out a very little flaw in this trigger:

<Effect name="EL IN Unit Heading Into QV">
            <Param name="DstObject" dispName="Select Unit" varType="unit">default</Param>
            <Param name="qvname" dispName="QV name to store heading" varType="string">QV1</Param>
            <Command>trQuestVarSet("uhiq%DstObject%newx", xsVectorGetX(kbGetBlockPosition("%DstObject%")));</Command>
            <Command>if(trQuestVarGet("uhiq%DstObject%oldx") > trQuestVarGet("uhiq%DstObject%newx")) trQuestVarSet("%qvname%",360.0 - trUnitGetHeading("%DstObject%"));</Command>
            <Command>else if(trQuestVarGet("uhiq%DstObject%newx") > trQuestVarGet("uhiq%DstObject%oldx")) trQuestVarSet("%qvname%",trUnitGetHeading("%DstObject%"));</Command>
            <Command>trQuestVarSet("uhiq%DstObject%oldx",trQuestVarGet("uhiq%DstObject%newx"));</Command>
</Effect>

It should be:

<Effect name="EL IN Unit Heading Into QV">
            <Param name="DstObject" dispName="Select Unit" varType="unit">default</Param>
            <Param name="qvname" dispName="QV name to store heading" varType="string">QV1</Param>
            <Command>trQuestVarSet("uhiq%DstObject%newx", xsVectorGetX(kbGetBlockPosition("%DstObject%")));</Command>
            <Command>if(trQuestVarGet("uhiq%DstObject%oldx") > trQuestVarGet("uhiq%DstObject%newx")) trQuestVarSet("%qvname%",360.0 - trUnitGetHeading("%DstObject%"));</Command>
            <Command>else trQuestVarSet("%qvname%",trUnitGetHeading("%DstObject%"));</Command>
            <Command>trQuestVarSet("uhiq%DstObject%oldx",trQuestVarGet("uhiq%DstObject%newx"));</Command>
</Effect>

Otherwise, if you set a different QV and the object is at the same X position, the QV wouldn't be set at all!

Hey all
Does anyone know the most accurate kill counter? qv preferably. The current one i am using just doesnt seem to count kills quickly enough.
thanks in advance =)

What sort of kill count set up do you have? Are you just counting or are you giving rewards per kill?

If you're just counting, this is as fast as it gets:

Trigger - Count_Kills
[x] Active
[x] Loop
[_] Run Immediately
Priority = High

Conditions
Always

Effects
QV Set Stat Value
Var Name = Kills
Player = 1
Stat Type = Units Killed

   <Effect name="QV Set Stat Value">
    <Param name="QVName" dispName="Var Name" VarType="string">QV1</Param>
    <Param name="PlayerID" dispName=" Player" VarType="string">0</Param>
    <Param name="StatID" dispName="$$23856$$Stat Type" VarType="kbstat">0</Param>
    <Command>trQuestVarSet("%QVName%", trGetStatValue(%PlayerID%, %StatID%));</Command>
   </Effect>

@Lostro: Ah yes, I see now. If it doesn't move horizontally, it doesn't set the QV, so it is possible that the QV had never been initialized to some value if the x value never changed. The question is: is it better to put in the unit heading even though you don't know if it is the proper heading because of the 180 degree problem? or just leave it at zero until it moves horizontally so you can be sure?

@perp, oh...ok well i wasnt quite clear in my question i guess. My (maybe) mistake was that i had a condition "qv stat value" in the trigger you just showed me but I dont rly know why....
but what my main goal is that I have 2 teams, with 3 players on each team, and I want to add the the players kills together to make a "team kills" value. so what i had was for every kill it modified the kills team 1(or 2) +1, but it was running too slow...


also: i do have the trigger you posted, but i have tried to copy/paste triggers into my typetest.xml before and it doesn't let me, saying the source cannot be found? so i guess taht is another question

@ Immortal_Shade
I've expanded the trigger set up to keep track of scores for two teams of three players

Trigger - Count_Kills
[x] Active
[x] Loop
[_] Run Immediately
Priority = High

Conditions
Always

Effects
QV Set Stat Value
Var Name = P1Kills
Player = 1
Stat Type = Units Killed

QV Set Stat Value
Var Name = P2Kills
Player = 2
Stat Type = Units Killed

QV Set Stat Value
Var Name = P3Kills
Player = 3
Stat Type = Units Killed

Quest Var Copy
Var Name = Team1Kills
From Var = P1Kills

Quest Var Modify 2
Var Name = Team1Kills
Operator is +
Var Name = P2Kills

Quest Var Modify 2
Var Name = Team1Kills
Operator is +
Var Name = P3Kills

QV Set Stat Value
Var Name = P4Kills
Player = 4
Stat Type = Units Killed

QV Set Stat Value
Var Name = P5Kills
Player = 5
Stat Type = Units Killed

QV Set Stat Value
Var Name = P6Kills
Player = 6
Stat Type = Units Killed

Quest Var Copy
Var Name = Team2Kills
From Var = P4Kills

Quest Var Modify 2
Var Name = Team2Kills
Operator is +
Var Name = P5Kills

Quest Var Modify 2
Var Name = Team2Kills
Operator is +
Var Name = P6Kills

Fake Counter Set Text
Text = Team 1: "+1*trQuestVarGet("Team1Kills")+" - Team 2: "+1*trQuestVarGet("Team2Kills")


I'm not sure what the copy/paste error you are getting is from. What do you use to open and edit the typetest.xml? I recommend using either Notepad or Notepad++

Thanks for the help on the Qvs


back to the copy/paste error
well what i do is go to documents/my games/blah/trigger2/typetest.xml
then since it is in a web page I right click and say "view source" which opens it in Notepad, I then proceed to paste in the correct spot.

This is where i am lost


note: this is after i copy/pasted and i attempt to save in the notepad....am i supposed to save in notepad?

[This message has been edited by Immortal_Shade (edited 06-18-2010 @ 05:25 PM).]

My guess is that you need to give yourself security permission to modify stuff in that folder.

Ok, well that was surely an ordeal
Someone decided they would make it very hard to give "full" permission to a folder

It took around 6 times clicking a different "Edit" button in a new window in order to get to the point i needed.

and yes. it worked

Thanks Htto and Perp

EDIT: another stupid question

Is it possible to show a QV value in either the overlay text or play dialouge? and if so..how?
found it for overlay text

[This message has been edited by Immortal_Shade (edited 06-18-2010 @ 08:12 PM).]

Overlay Text probably not, Play Dialog might work considering it doesnt allow "'s which implies it can work with strings and such... I think...

By the way i got a new mouse and can resume work on my silly projects after final exams if anyone cares.

I do..go go go!

another question, sorry to be a bother

Is there any known issue of QV set from resource?
or.. QV overlay text?
---- this is in cinemetic mode ----


Just wondering because I am sure it is freezing my game.

after some lengthy short dedutcions....
ive concluded that "QV set from Resource" seems to be the issue, it cannot be "always loop" while you have "grant recource per stat value set to gold per kill...

NEW QUESTION:
Ok so this is another QV question
currently i am working on a system that tracks a players Kills
is it possible to modify that number?
figuring it all out lol sorry people

[This message has been edited by Immortal_Shade (edited 06-18-2010 @ 09:27 PM).]

THYMOLE YOU WILL PLAYTEST FIRST THEN RESUME THE PROJECTS!!!!!

edit: Yeah, I looked forward to minigames from you, and other stuff. Keep at it .

[This message has been edited by WinstonShnozwick (edited 06-19-2010 @ 08:09 AM).]

Yes yes. Next week

@Lostro: Ah yes, I see now. If it doesn't move horizontally, it doesn't set the QV, so it is possible that the QV had never been initialized to some value if the x value never changed. The question is: is it better to put in the unit heading even though you don't know if it is the proper heading because of the 180 degree problem? or just leave it at zero until it moves horizontally so you can be sure?

From my tests it seems ok at all; I guess that 180 degrees problem only happens if the unit is at a lower X position than before, but not equal.

Is there anyway to change the directory of a screenshot taken ingame? Can't seem to find the folder they save too, and its not the screenshots folder in my documents or in program files.

You could take a print screen instead

ctrl prnt-scrn and then paste into paint

Elder Scrolls Project NEEDs one more strict, dedicated playtester.
I need one so I can hurry up on the design and progrss of the project which will likely take over a year to finish.
Who wants it?
I ,once again, need somebody really strict to tell me what I need to work on, add, what im successing in, etc.

Its an massive Open Environment RPG btw for thsoe who do not know, but the first 2 scenarios will be played as a child and the first scenario isn't much of an 'open environment at all' and being the smallest of the maps (300x300). I have only completed a (Remastered) beta version of the first Scenario 'A New Begining' played in Valenwood.
Thanks in advance.

I guess I'll playtest.
generalullar@yahoo.com

Now on to my questions:
1. Can the special Vortex power (lifting offscreen and being placed back down) be used without using the actual God Power?
2. Is there a way to reduce the load times of Atlantean God Powers (the time between invoking one and invoking another), without modding?

Thanks Veldo, ill be sending you the info and scenario ASAP. And I would also like to know his #2 question.

EDIT: The messages and files are sent Veldo. Hope to recieve your review soon. :-).

[This message has been edited by DaedricSparta (edited 06-19-2010 @ 06:30 PM).]

Hey Guys... Anyone know if you can do hotkeys that work online that would use god powers...


Example: I press the key Q and uses/toggles god power in slot 1..

Anyone know if you can do that..?

@Elrich
Actually, you think you could go over my work as a playtester? I would like to have a good expierienced person to go over my work and tell me what needs work. You interested?

Hey Guys... Anyone know if you can do hotkeys that work online that would use god powers...


Example: I press the key Q and uses/toggles god power in slot 1..

Anyone know if you can do that..?

Yeah, you can do that.

It's just like hotkeying any other trigger online.

This thread has some info.

You can also hotkey using GPs directly using the game commands, but you can't grant them.

For example, I've got these in my game.con

//Godpowers
map("F1","game","uiSetSpecialPower(129); uiSpecialPowerAtPointer; ") //ancestors
map("F2","game","uiSetSpecialPower(215); uiSpecialPowerAtPointer;") //eclipse

You just have to look up the GP ids.